>>7224341Look OP, I'm not going to tell you to do it,
but I've done something similar
I had a mental illness see (now the thread is /fit/ related)
and had a few rough patches.
Fortunately I actually did SOMETHING during those years,
I dropped out of a course;
on my resume I still include the course and information about the units that I did study, but I never, ever say that I obtained the certificate. I guess it's lying by exclusion of certain information.
I've also stretched the length of employment at several places to cover a month or two off here and there;
say I finished at the start of june, I'd write;
X Job, January-July 2001,
but who ever said it was "inclusive"